The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday confirmed that three persons have been killed in a fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olurotimi Ojo, who disclosed this in Ado Ekiti, said that five out of eight suspected cases in the state tested negative while one was uncertain and the last one pending at press time.
Ojo said the patient who tested positive and two others had died.
Although Ojo said there was no cause for alarm in the state, he however noted that the state government was taking proactive steps in surveillance activities that involved all residents due to some recorded cases and deaths in neighbouring states.
Ojo said the state Disease Control team had been activated while the process of sensitising the people with jingles, adverts and other communication media were ongoing.